MUSCAT: Indian Schools in Oman will allow admissions to students of all nationalities for the new academic year.

With the online registration for admission in the capital area for the next academic year (2022-2023) set to be closed on February 28, the Board of Directors (BOD) in a statement issued to the media said admission is open to children of Indian and other expatriate communities with valid resident visas.

“In the last two years, there has been a significant drop in admissions across all Indian schools after many parents left the country for good due to the Covid-19 pandemic and this has left a good number of seats for new admissions and hence we have decided to accept students of other nationalities too,” a top official of BOD informed The Arabian Stories.

“With most of the schools following blended education, some of the students who are enrolled in Indian schools are still in India following online classes and this trend may continue,” he added.

Last year, there has been more than 30 per cent drop in the number of students looking for admissions in Indian schools. For the first time in two years, the number of Indians living in Oman dropped below 500,000, according to a survey by the National Centre for Statistics and Information.

Online registration for admissions is applicable to seven Indian Schools in the capital area – Indian School Bousher, Indian School Muscat, Indian School Darsait, Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir, Indian School Al Ghubra, Indian School Al Seeb and Indian School Al Maabela.